Author: Geek Planet

Figure is gradually prepping its humanoid robot to competently take on household chores. While the California-based company has ambitions to deploy its robot in industrial settings like factories and warehouses, it also plans to create a robot capable of functioning inside a home. A new video (top) released by Figure on Monday shows its humanoid robot tidying up a messy — though not too messy — living room, putting away some toys, rearranging cushions, placing the remote control neatly on the coffee table, and performing some light polishing. While not lightning fast, the autonomous bipedal bot moves at a steady…

Apple has finally addressed one of the most annoying iPhone typing issues. With iOS 26.4, it fixed a bug that caused missed keystrokes when typing quickly, which made autocorrect far less reliable. The update targets fast typers who saw letters fail to appear, throwing off entire words and confusing predictions. Testing shows fewer garbled phrases and more consistent input, especially when typing at speed. But the broader experience hasn’t caught up. The iPhone keyboard continues to make odd substitutions, adapt poorly to user habits, and miss features that competing keyboards have refined for years. Apple solved the most visible flaw,…

The Washington Post, one of the bastions of traditional legacy media, is losing some 300 journalists due to new funding cuts and a broad corporate restructuring. The cuts amount to about 30 percent of its total number of employees, per The New York Times. Among the sections to close in these cuts was the one focused on book coverage and criticism. Ron Charles, who worked for 20 years as a book critic for the Post, was among the people who were let go, and took to Substack to describe the situation and envision the next steps for his own life…

Microsoft’s recently confirmed Project Helix may sound like a bold new direction for Xbox, but the idea behind it has apparently been in motion for nearly a decade. The company seems to have started exploring the concept of a gaming platform that blends Xbox and Windows as early as 2016. The original plan reportedly aimed to create a system that could bridge the gap between Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, making it easier for games to run across both platforms. Project Helix: A decade-long push to merge Xbox and Windows The early vision for Project Helix appears to have emerged…

Vivo has officially unveiled its latest top-end flagship, the X300 Ultra, and it’s every bit as ambitious as the teasers suggested. The device puts photography front and center, with a camera system that’s clearly designed to rival dedicated cameras rather than competing flagship phones like the Galaxy S26 Ultra. From a massive high-resolution zoom lens to a more versatile focal length setup, Vivo is positioning this as a no-compromise camera phone. What makes the Vivo X300 Ultra stand out? The X300 Ultra is clearly built around its cameras, and Vivo isn’t holding back. The phone features a Zeiss-backed triple-camera setup…

Google‘s talking AI assistant is about to get a memory. Gemini Live, the chatbot’s conversational mode, will likely soon tap into your personal data to deliver far more useful answers. Code strings discovered by Android Authority in the latest Google app for Android point to the arrival of Personal Intelligence, a feature that lets the AI remember details about you by connecting to your other Google services. Personal Intelligence isn’t new to Gemini itself, but bringing it to Live mode would make those real-time conversations significantly smarter. Instead of generic responses, the AI could pull relevant context from your digital…

Google’s Pixel 11 series is just five months away, and the leaks are already rolling in. The first CAD renders made me do a double-take because at first glance, it feels like nothing has changed. But take a closer look at the display, and those bezels are finally slimming down. If these renders are accurate, it’s a sleek upgrade in the looks department. And that is just the beginning; there is a lot more that has leaked, so buckle up, it is going to be a fun ride. What’s different this time around? Though the aesthetics are stuck in the…

ChatGPT is getting a new music discovery trick that saves you a trip to another app. You can now use Shazam directly inside ChatGPT to identify songs playing around you without launching the Shazam app on your phone. The AI assistant listens to the audio, runs it through Shazam’s recognition system, and displays the results inside the conversation. How Shazam works directly inside ChatGPT The feature works through ChatGPT’s Apps integration, where you can connect services like Shazam to the AI chatbot. Once connected, you can trigger the feature by typing commands such as “Shazam” or “Shazam this song.” After…

We’ve seen 120Hz, 144Hz, 165Hz, and now a whopping 185Hz refresh rate on smartphones. The iQOO 16 is rumored to jump from 144Hz on the iQOO 15 straight to 185Hz. With a crisp 2K OLED panel, this phone is going to feel incredibly smooth. I have to admit, it’s a little sad that the US won’t get to see it again. What makes this phone stand out? A refresh rate of 185Hz is already impressive, but the iQOO 16 seems to be packing even more firepower. Rumors (according to Smart Pikachu) suggest it will sport a 200MP primary camera, a…

A staple of literature through the ages is the last words of famous people. Many private people also remember the last words of someone close. In an era where we are constantly told “the mind is just what the brain does,” claims about such terminal lucidity are easy to dismiss: “Those people didn’t really say that. They couldn’t have said it. Physiologically, it’s not possible, or at least not very likely.” Here’s the show at YouTube.So, when social scientist Charles Murray wrote thoughtfully on the topic at the Wall Street Journal late last year, he was taking a risk. Harvard…